Dan Sommers wrote:
> ...
> longest_list, longest_length = list_of_lists[ 0 ], len( longest_list )
> for a_list in list_of_lists[ 1 : ]:
> a_length = len( a_list )
> if a_length > longest_length:
> longest_list, longest_length = a_list, a_length
> will run faster than sorting the list just to pick off one element (O(n)
> vs. O(n log n) for all of you Big-Oh notation fans out there; you know
> who you are!).
Or, more succinctly, after:
list_of_lists = [["q", "e", "d"],
["a", "b"],
["a", "b", "c", "d"]]
You can find the longest with:
maxlength, maxlist = max((len(lst), lst) for lst in list_of_lists)
or (for those pre-2.5 people):
maxlength, maxlist = max([(len(lst), lst) for lst in list_of_lists])
--Scott David Daniels
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